"Yu Ting, descendant of the Yu family, pays her respects to Senior Zhuge."
Yu Ting knelt at the foot of the mountain and performed a full prostration.
After that, she did not take to the air. Instead, she walked slowly along the mountain path at the base, climbing up one step at a time.
Seeing this, Chu Feng suddenly understood.
So that was why Yu Ting knew of Zhuge Yuankong's former residence.
It seemed her relationship with Zhuge Yuankong was no simple matter.
Since Zhuge Yuankong was someone Yu Ting deeply revered, Chu Feng naturally had to show respect as well.
So he descended from the sky and followed Yu Ting, climbing from the foot of the mountain one step at a time.
"Miss Yu, what kind of person was Senior Zhuge Yuankong?"
"To think he knew the method of entering the Wolong Martial Academy — he must have been no ordinary figure."
As they climbed, Chu Feng asked.
"You really don't know about Senior Zhuge?"
Yu Ting looked at Chu Feng with some surprise.
"Well…"
"I truly don't," Chu Feng said, slightly embarrassed.
"Can't really blame you. Senior Zhuge has been dead for several thousand years after all."
"The world of martial cultivation is just that cruel. People only look up to the brilliance of those who are strong today, and few pay respects to the powerhouses of the past."
"And even those who do have other motives — they're after the treasures and secret manuals those old experts left behind," Yu Ting said.
"That's quite true."
Chu Feng nodded in agreement, then added: "If you know about him, I'd like you to tell me more about Senior Zhuge."
"Wutao Shengzun — do you know of him?"
Yu Ting asked.
"I do."
Chu Feng certainly knew.
That was the most powerful Spirit World Master in the entire Sacred Light Galaxy.
One who had mastered the Fifth Dragon Transformation.
And the Fifth Dragon Transformation was a power comparable to the Martial Ancestor realm.
In other words, Wutao Shengzun was so powerful that he could contend with Martial Ancestor realm experts using nothing but his Spirit World techniques alone.
"Before Wutao Shengzun, it was Zhuge Yuankong who stood as the greatest Spirit World Master in the Sacred Light Galaxy."
"Zhuge Yuankong was also the first Spirit World Master in the Sacred Light Galaxy to master the Fifth Dragon Transformation," Yu Ting said.
"So Senior Zhuge was that powerful — no wonder…"
Chu Feng finally understood why Zhuge Yuankong knew secrets that no one in the present era could uncover.
Because back in his day, he had stood at the very pinnacle among Spirit World Masters.
Naturally, the things he had access to were far beyond what ordinary people could reach.
It was entirely possible that he had cooperated with the Wolong Martial Academy, so it made perfect sense that he knew secrets unknown to others.
"Then how did Senior Zhuge die?"
"Did he pass peacefully of old age?"
Chu Feng asked.
Yu Ting shook her head and sighed. "He took his own life."
"His own life?"
The moment Chu Feng heard those words, he sensed that things were not so simple.
And after hearing Yu Ting's account, he learned that Zhuge Yuankong's death was actually connected to Wutao Shengzun.
Back in those days, Zhuge Yuankong had been the greatest Spirit World Master in the Sacred Light Galaxy.
He was also the only Spirit World Master who had mastered the Fifth Dragon Transformation.
Wutao Shengzun was a rising star of the next generation.
Once Wutao Shengzun himself mastered the Fifth Dragon Transformation, he immediately issued a challenge to Zhuge Yuankong.
And because the two had a prior grudge, Wutao Shengzun proposed a demand that was utterly outrageous:
The loser would sever his own cultivation!!!
But somehow, Zhuge Yuankong agreed.
Only the final result was that Zhuge Yuankong was no match for Wutao Shengzun.
According to the wager, Zhuge Yuankong only needed to sever his cultivation.
But Zhuge Yuankong felt he had lost face, so he not only severed his own cultivation but also took his life on the spot.
Right before a crowd of experts, he ended his own existence.